Articles written by Maria Luisa Antonaya
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Introduction to the Work of Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) was an influential novelist, whose work spanned the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth.
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Festive Recipes for Halloween and Thanksgiving
How many of us carve out a Halloween pumpkin with the kids and then just toss out all the meat and pulp? And yet, there are many ways to cook this colorful, tasty food.
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Back-to-School Applications to Keep Files Safe
For many students, losing the file with that all-important assignment is a common occurrence. Fortunately, there are computer applications that can prevent a disaster.
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Emily and the Silent King, by Irven Keppen
Emily and the Silent King is the first book in the Legends of Midralon series. The second, Devin and the Empire of Wolves, has just been published, with two more to come.
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Content Management Software: Evernote
Evernote is a free content management program available for Macintosh, Windows, and several mobile platforms.
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The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Wind is a fast-paced literary mystery, in the style of The Angel's Game.
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E-Book Resources – Baen Books
This article will discuss the digital offerings of Baen Books, including the Webscriptions service and the Baen Free Library.
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The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft
This classic short story is the best-known one within Lovecraft's Cthulhu cycle, introducing readers to the main concepts of Lovecraft's cosmic horror saga.
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Resources for New Owners of Sony E-Book Readers
Print books will never go out of style, but e-book readers are quickly becoming a portable alternative for book lovers. How do they work, and where can users find books?
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Me, the Missing and the Dead, by Jenny Valentine
A story about loss, memory, and how people fill the gaps of absence.
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SLOB, by Ellen Potter
SLOB is a quirky, sometimes sad and often funny story that will surprise readers until the very last page. Absolutely nothing is what it seems.
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In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These three sentences are at the heart of this eye-opening book on how food has virtually disappeared from the Western diet.
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The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Andreas Corelli is more than just a publisher, but David Martín won't discover this until it's too late.
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Annie's Ghosts, by Steve Luxenberg
"What to believe?" It's a phrase repeated often in Annie's Ghosts, as author Steve Luxenberg unravels the mystery surrounding his late mother's institutionalized sister.
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My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
The story, or its premise rather, is very interesting, and that's the best reason to finish the book.
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Dystopias of Equality
Fairness and equality are desirable elements of any society. But can they be taken too far? "Harrison Bergeron" and "The Lottery" show us how they can.
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Maupassant's Diamond Necklace
"The Diamond Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, is a tragic short story about the importance of being able to distinguish genuine value from false worth.
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Blindness, by José Saramago
Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago asks a simple question: What would happen if everyone went blind? This is the subject of Saramago's novel Blindness.
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Kafka's Heroes
The works of Franz Kafka are unique in their blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary, creating worlds where everyday situations evolve into terrifying scenarios.
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Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart reads, in part, like a passionate letter from Achebe to his beloved Ibo culture.
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Starting to Read Poetry
How does poetry work, and what allows us to distinguish a poem from a piece we would classify as prose?
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Tinderbox and DEVONthink
This article will give a brief overview of two content management programs available for Macintosh computers: Eastgate's Tinderbox and DEVONtechnologies' DEVONthink Pro.
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The Second Coming, by W.B. Yeats
Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" in 1920, while the world was at once recovering from the carnage of World War I and warily monitoring the rise of fascism and communism.
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The Trial, by Franz Kafka
In The Trial, Kafka creates a nightmarish world for Joseph K., one whose rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and where help comes from unexpected sources.
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The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis opens with a jolt: "One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin" (2747).
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